Rand v. Pennsylvania State Board of Optometry

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Lawrence A. Rand (Rand) appeals from the January 18, 2000 order of the State Board of Optometry (Board), which denied Rand’s November 23, 1998 application to obtain certification to administer therapeutic agents. We reverse and remand.

Rand is an optometrist who has a solo part-time practice in an office in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in May 1987 and obtained his license to practice optometry in Pennsylvania on July 23, 1987. During optometry school, Rand passed a course in the prescription of therapeutic agents, and, before…